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. 2011 May 11;2011(5):CD008063. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008063.pub2

Rohsenow 2004.

Methods RCT.
Participants 165 US cocaine dependent patients.
Interventions 1. MET followed by group coping skills (n= 44)
2. MET followed by drug education (n= 39)
3. meditation relaxation followed by group coping skills (n= 44)
4. mediation relaxation followed by drug education (n= 38).
Outcomes Physiological primary: None.
Non‐physiological primary: Number of cocaine use days, percentage of days alcohol used.
Secondary: Readiness to change (Cocaine Change Assessment Questionnaire). Data not reported.
Retention in treatment (days treated in partial hospital [data not reported]).
Notes Results data are not available. Mail from Dr. Rohsenow May 19th 2010.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "Stratified randomisation balanced gender and cocaine use frequency."
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgment.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Patients and providers Unclear risk No blinding but the outcome measurements are not likely to be influenced by lack of blinding due to validation with physiological measurement.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Assessors Low risk "Research assistants blind to treatment condition conducted assessments."
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk 10% attrition at 12 months follow‐up. We do not know the attrition at 3 and 6 months. Reasons for attrition unclear. Unclear if attrition was balanced across groups. Use of ITT was reported, but analyses were not reported with the full sample.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk The published report included all expected outcomes based on the study hypotheses.
Other bias Unclear risk Urine drug screens and collateral reports to check on self‐report. The MET group reported drinking on more days at baseline.